Hmmmmm ... my BJ8 starts fine when hot--tested up to 115deg. ambient--after
anywhere from a couple minutes to 10 or 15. It does help to give half-throttle
or
so when hot cranking.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@pacbell.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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----- Original Message -----
From: "mike brooks" <hypercubic@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 11:29 AM
Subject: Re 100 car problem
> Jim,
>
> I had two Rovers in the early 80s which had twin SUs. They were both new and
>had the exact same problem. It was so
common in the UK, we used to call it the Newspaper Syndrome - meaning that if
you started the car from cold (fine) then
stopped a few minutes down the road at the corner shop for your newspaper, the
car would not restart. I asked our local
garage what the problem was. He said it was a "design fault". He also said that
the solution was to unscrew the two
dashpot covers on the carbs, pull the dampers right out so they are resting on
top of the oil, then start the car.
Worked every time!! No idea what causes the problem but the various theories on
the list to do with fuel evaporation are
surely close to the mark. Maybe taking the dampers out makes it easier for the
fuel pump to recharge the system??
>
> Mike Brooks
> 56 BN2 (passed Texas State Inspection this morning!!)
>
>
> Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 08:14:08 -0700
> From: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
> Subject: 100 car problem
>
> thanks for all the help. checked out the vent system yesterday.
> smoothed off
> the nut which had corrosion and made sure system was venting. it
> started
> perfectly and i drove it around until heated up to about 170-180 on
> gauge.
> once shut off it will start smoothly if it sits for just a minute or
> two.
> problem comes in when let to sit for 5-15 minutes in direct sun. if
> allowed
> to sit longer, it starts smoothly, which tells me the heat has
> evaporated all
> excess fuel. i have not noticed any fuel streaming out of manifolds,
> and
> neither my moss catalog or manual show any kind of drains like on my
> bj8. i
> do not understand how the fuel is getting into the engine if it has
> proper
> venting to allow for expansion of the fuel. maybe a louvered hood is
> the
> answer but she says she did not have this problem in the past so i am
> at a
> loss to decipher the problem. oh well, back to the drawing board.
> healeymanjim
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